{"id":98285,"date":"2024-10-15T13:50:36","date_gmt":"2024-10-15T19:50:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/sps\/?p=98285"},"modified":"2024-10-31T09:16:05","modified_gmt":"2024-10-31T15:16:05","slug":"idaho-secretary-of-state-shares-expertise-ahead-of-2024-election-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/sps\/blog\/2024\/10\/idaho-secretary-of-state-shares-expertise-ahead-of-2024-election-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Idaho Secretary of State shares expertise ahead of 2024 election day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It\u2019s a busy fall for Phil McGrane, Idaho Secretary of State and alumnus of the School of Public Service at Boise State University\u2019s Master of Public Administration program. He\u2019s been doing it all \u2013 from working around the clock to help inform Idaho voters this election season to making an appearance at a recent Bronco football game racing beloved Boise State Tee Dog, Blitz. At a recent School of Public Service event, McGrane shared candid stories and expertise from his career in voting processes and civic engagement. Right after graduating with his undergraduate degree, McGrane worked as an Election Specialist for Ada County, where he trained poll workers and helped to count ballots. He is a self-described \u201celections nerd\u201d who now, as Secretary of State, takes on the responsibility of helping to build voters\u2019 trust in the government\u2013 which he sees as one of his primary missions in the role.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-medium wp-image-98287\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/sps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/137\/2024\/10\/IMG_4714-1-scaled-e1729021633980-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"Picture of Angie Bos, Phil McGrane and Charlie Hunt\" class=\"wp-image-98287\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">School of Public Service Dean Angie Bos, Secretary of State Phil McGrane and Assistant Professor Charlie Hunt at a recent SPS event in Boise<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A concern on many voters&#8217; minds this year is the security of election processes. McGrane\u2019s belief is that voters shouldn\u2019t have to worry whether the government is administering fair and secure elections. \u201cYou should be able to go vote and not really have to think about what the process is like,\u201d he said. He\u2019s worked in his role to help strengthen this trust in several ways, sharing the fact that he helped to implement the use of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/adacounty.id.gov\/elections\/ballot-cameras\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">cameras<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in Idaho ballot processing warehouses, and that Idaho elections are conducted on a system with no connection to the internet. Additional security measures include the requirements for all Idaho voters to show a form of valid identification when they arrive at the polls, all Idahoans to vote on a paper ballot, and the state of Idaho to engage in post-election audits and recounts to ensure that results are accurate.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">When talking about election administration processes, McGrane made the point that Ada County Elections is technically the largest event planning organization in the state. They serve over 300,000 people on election day at a total of 61 locations. He emphasized that to ensure a smooth election process, everything must run like a well-oiled machine.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">McGrane ended his talk in Boise with a touching reference to his father, who, on the day he assumed office as Idaho Secretary of State, gifted him with a copy of the constitution that he had written entirely by hand. In this way, he always holds the values of democracy close. Boise State\u2019s School of Public Service is proud to call Phil McGrane an alumnus.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a class=\"c-btn c-btn--border\" href=\"https:\/\/voteidaho.gov\/making-voting-secure\/\">Learn more about election security in Idaho<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>By Lainey Rehkemper<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s a busy fall for Phil McGrane, Idaho Secretary of State and alumnus of the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2441,"featured_media":98287,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1522],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-98285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sps-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.2 (Yoast SEO v27.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Idaho Secretary of State shares expertise ahead of 2024 election day - Public Service<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/sps\/blog\/2024\/10\/idaho-secretary-of-state-shares-expertise-ahead-of-2024-election-day\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Idaho Secretary of State shares expertise ahead of 2024 election day\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"It\u2019s a busy fall for Phil McGrane, Idaho Secretary of State and alumnus of the...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/sps\/blog\/2024\/10\/idaho-secretary-of-state-shares-expertise-ahead-of-2024-election-day\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Public Service\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-10-15T19:50:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-10-31T15:16:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/sps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/137\/2024\/10\/IMG_4714-1-scaled-e1729021633980-1200x630.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Lainey Rehkemper\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Lainey Rehkemper\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/sps\/blog\/2024\/10\/idaho-secretary-of-state-shares-expertise-ahead-of-2024-election-day\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/sps\/blog\/2024\/10\/idaho-secretary-of-state-shares-expertise-ahead-of-2024-election-day\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Lainey Rehkemper\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/sps\/#\/schema\/person\/7f854595597cdfc64691fd6ceb5876b3\"},\"headline\":\"Idaho Secretary of State shares expertise ahead of 2024 election day\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-10-15T19:50:36+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-10-31T15:16:05+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/sps\/blog\/2024\/10\/idaho-secretary-of-state-shares-expertise-ahead-of-2024-election-day\/\"},\"wordCount\":466,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/sps\/blog\/2024\/10\/idaho-secretary-of-state-shares-expertise-ahead-of-2024-election-day\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/sps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/137\/2024\/10\/IMG_4714-1-scaled-e1729021633980.jpeg\",\"articleSection\":[\"SPS News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/sps\/blog\/2024\/10\/idaho-secretary-of-state-shares-expertise-ahead-of-2024-election-day\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/sps\/blog\/2024\/10\/idaho-secretary-of-state-shares-expertise-ahead-of-2024-election-day\/\",\"name\":\"Idaho Secretary of State shares expertise ahead of 2024 election day - Public Service\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/sps\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/sps\/blog\/2024\/10\/idaho-secretary-of-state-shares-expertise-ahead-of-2024-election-day\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/sps\/blog\/2024\/10\/idaho-secretary-of-state-shares-expertise-ahead-of-2024-election-day\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/sps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/137\/2024\/10\/IMG_4714-1-scaled-e1729021633980.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-10-15T19:50:36+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-10-31T15:16:05+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/sps\/#\/schema\/person\/7f854595597cdfc64691fd6ceb5876b3\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/sps\/blog\/2024\/10\/idaho-secretary-of-state-shares-expertise-ahead-of-2024-election-day\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/sps\/blog\/2024\/10\/idaho-secretary-of-state-shares-expertise-ahead-of-2024-election-day\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/sps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/137\/2024\/10\/IMG_4714-1-scaled-e1729021633980.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/sps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/137\/2024\/10\/IMG_4714-1-scaled-e1729021633980.jpeg\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":1920,\"caption\":\"School of Public Service Dean Angie Bos, Secretary of State Phil McGrane and Assistant Professor Charlie Hunt, 2024\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/sps\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/sps\/\",\"name\":\"Public Service\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/sps\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/sps\/#\/schema\/person\/7f854595597cdfc64691fd6ceb5876b3\",\"name\":\"Lainey Rehkemper\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/sps\/blog\/author\/elainerehkemper\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Idaho Secretary of State shares expertise ahead of 2024 election day - Public Service","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/sps\/blog\/2024\/10\/idaho-secretary-of-state-shares-expertise-ahead-of-2024-election-day\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Idaho Secretary of State shares expertise ahead of 2024 election day","og_description":"It\u2019s a busy fall for Phil McGrane, Idaho Secretary of State and alumnus of the...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/sps\/blog\/2024\/10\/idaho-secretary-of-state-shares-expertise-ahead-of-2024-election-day\/","og_site_name":"Public Service","article_published_time":"2024-10-15T19:50:36+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-10-31T15:16:05+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":630,"url":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/sps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/137\/2024\/10\/IMG_4714-1-scaled-e1729021633980-1200x630.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Lainey Rehkemper","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Lainey Rehkemper","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/sps\/blog\/2024\/10\/idaho-secretary-of-state-shares-expertise-ahead-of-2024-election-day\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/sps\/blog\/2024\/10\/idaho-secretary-of-state-shares-expertise-ahead-of-2024-election-day\/"},"author":{"name":"Lainey Rehkemper","@id":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/sps\/#\/schema\/person\/7f854595597cdfc64691fd6ceb5876b3"},"headline":"Idaho Secretary of State shares expertise ahead of 2024 election day","datePublished":"2024-10-15T19:50:36+00:00","dateModified":"2024-10-31T15:16:05+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/sps\/blog\/2024\/10\/idaho-secretary-of-state-shares-expertise-ahead-of-2024-election-day\/"},"wordCount":466,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/sps\/blog\/2024\/10\/idaho-secretary-of-state-shares-expertise-ahead-of-2024-election-day\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/sps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/137\/2024\/10\/IMG_4714-1-scaled-e1729021633980.jpeg","articleSection":["SPS News"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/sps\/blog\/2024\/10\/idaho-secretary-of-state-shares-expertise-ahead-of-2024-election-day\/","url":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/sps\/blog\/2024\/10\/idaho-secretary-of-state-shares-expertise-ahead-of-2024-election-day\/","name":"Idaho Secretary of State shares expertise ahead of 2024 election day - Public Service","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/sps\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/sps\/blog\/2024\/10\/idaho-secretary-of-state-shares-expertise-ahead-of-2024-election-day\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/sps\/blog\/2024\/10\/idaho-secretary-of-state-shares-expertise-ahead-of-2024-election-day\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/sps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/137\/2024\/10\/IMG_4714-1-scaled-e1729021633980.jpeg","datePublished":"2024-10-15T19:50:36+00:00","dateModified":"2024-10-31T15:16:05+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/sps\/#\/schema\/person\/7f854595597cdfc64691fd6ceb5876b3"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/sps\/blog\/2024\/10\/idaho-secretary-of-state-shares-expertise-ahead-of-2024-election-day\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/sps\/blog\/2024\/10\/idaho-secretary-of-state-shares-expertise-ahead-of-2024-election-day\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/sps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/137\/2024\/10\/IMG_4714-1-scaled-e1729021633980.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/sps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/137\/2024\/10\/IMG_4714-1-scaled-e1729021633980.jpeg","width":1920,"height":1920,"caption":"School of Public Service Dean Angie Bos, Secretary of State Phil McGrane and Assistant Professor Charlie Hunt, 2024"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/sps\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/sps\/","name":"Public Service","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/sps\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/sps\/#\/schema\/person\/7f854595597cdfc64691fd6ceb5876b3","name":"Lainey Rehkemper","url":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/sps\/blog\/author\/elainerehkemper\/"}]}},"featured_image_url":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/sps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/137\/2024\/10\/IMG_4714-1-scaled-e1729021633980-660x660.jpeg","author_name":"Lainey Rehkemper","cats":["SPS News"],"featured_caption":"School of Public Service Dean Angie Bos, Secretary of State Phil McGrane and Assistant Professor Charlie Hunt, 2024","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/sps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/sps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/sps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/sps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2441"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/sps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98285"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/sps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98285\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":98384,"href":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/sps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98285\/revisions\/98384"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/sps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/98287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/sps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/sps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/sps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}